Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-02-26
Sporting News.

Jem Smith is coming sure enough. He and Charlie Mitchell sailed for Phil Adelphia from Queenstown last Sstur- day night, and are expected to srriye early next week, when some course Ot action will probably be decided upon. Both Smith and Mitchell are anxious 70 meet CRrdIf, and before leaving for America began negotistiOIs tO that end. Donaldson, Cardiff's trainer. says that after his prOtege has met Sullivan again he thinks that he vll be able and wiling to accommodate either ot ihe Englishmep.
 Inerr nas also been some talk duriug the week of a possible fight between McCRffrey and Jack Demsey. as the pIddle-weight appears to be very anxious to have go with the Fhiis- delphisu, and IL IS said tha, McCAfr-y uas agreed To a six-rOurd go for curse and the gate receipts. but whether they will meet OUly the future can decide. Dempsey has been meet uS all corners at 6 Philadelphia thestsr. but '0hOdy worth mentioning hss met hiu there.
 Fat Sheedy has male an arrangement
  Patsy and Sullivan. it is Co be a siV- round contest. the winner tO take ths gate money and stakes of Sl .Oul 2 side. The match will take place early ID June 4t Minneapolis, if Sullivsn's wrist has sufficiently recovered Tn that time.
 Says a St. Paul sporting mBn. Gar diff should either meet kiilsn or sIvs up hIs pretensiOns to holding the North western championship. DId you eyes hear Ot a champion refusing to meet men who have good reputst ons and Flenty of money back O, them? The claim that he IS bound not to meet sny- one before Sullivan is all blind"
 John F. Glow, who IS st present m Omaha, says that be IS ready to meet Mcdonald at any time m 6 hgbt C. finish. It is thought that a contest be- tween the two will be srrHnged at orce, and that the battle wlll conc of at some place m Dakota Glow says further that be IS tired of fighting fr gate receipts and will not m the future meet any one for less than SJoo or Sl,OOO a side.
 Jim Brady, the man who fought sri was knocked ont by Le Blanche, tte marine, few months ago. IS in Cieve- land He has met Patsy Cardiff several times. and says: "W hy, I stopped him. He's rusher ani fairly clever. but his heart isn't good.
 Jack Dempsey wlil soon be heavy enough to meet all corners in the heavy weight class. In his t,hting clothes st Philadelphia this week he weighs l60 pounds.
 Patsy Cardiff says he will meet 10 man m the rIng until be again ts-k.es sullivan. when he will be wiling Co meet Burke. Dempsey, or any other of that class. + Is the general belief that after Sullivan gets through with him Patsy Fill permanently retire from the pr--s ring.
 In taking Of the differences between London sod Q1eeusbury rules. Sullivan -avR: There's not much U ffrrsTCr I'd like tO see man h-k ne by turow- ing me. Id let him do sll the thruEinE he was able to, and punch his head of while he was trying tO do it. That's vbat they used tO say when Ryan and me was getting ready to fight live years ago. They thought he'd hck me by throwing me. Give me a good punchers and the deuce take the wrestling
 The latest measurements of Jem Smith, England's champion. are: "Chest, f3 inches; biceps. l625 inches; vsist, S3 inches. forearm (fowah l-5z inches; height, , feet S inches.
 Sullivan says that he will he mighty careful Tn the future about InakIr . 'up- per cuts, and be wIli make no swinging blows.
 KnIitOn IS to come Co America. and while in this country be VIII be- under the management of tsrson DGvies-- Denver Times.